- 1948-1949
Played home games at the Wigwam in Anderson Indiana – Seating capacity – 4,500
ANDERSON DUFFY PACKERS | NBL | 49-15 | MURRAY MENDENHALL | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ed Stanczak | F | 27 | 6:03 | 205 | None | 64 | 191 | 202 | 275 | .735 | 584 | 9.1 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 28 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 64 | 243 | 124 | 217 | .571 | 610 | 9.5 | |
Howie Schultz | C | 26 | 6:07 | 200 | Hamline’45 | 64 | 176 | 186 | 256 | .727 | 538 | 8.4 | |
Frank Brian | G | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | LSU’47 | 64 | 216 | 201 | 256 | .785 | 633 | 9.9 | |
Boag Johnson | G | 27 | 5:11 | 170 | Huntington(In)’47 | 64 | 218 | 85 | 129 | .659 | 521 | 8.1 | |
Bill Closs | F-C | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | 64 | 203 | 110 | 166 | .663 | 516 | 8.1 | |
John Hargis | G-F | 28 | 6:02 | 180 | Texas’47 | 57 | 169 | 106 | 173 | .613 | 444 | 7.8 | |
Frank Gates | G | 28 | 6:00 | 165 | Sam Houston’41 | 64 | 150 | 78 | 123 | .634 | 378 | 5.9 | |
Dillard Crocker | F | 23 | 6:04 | 205 | W. Michigan’48 | fr Detroit | 43 | 70 | 68 | 93 | .731 | 208 | 4.8 |
Bud Mendenhall | G | 23 | 5:10 | 155 | Indiana/Rice’45 | 60 | 64 | 40 | 70 | .571 | 168 | 2.8 | |
Jack Walton | F | 22 | 6:02 | 190 | None | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 14 | 1.8 | |
6-1 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ed Stanczak | F | 27 | 6:03 | 205 | None | 7 | 10 | 16 | 27 | .593 | 36 | 5.1 | |
Milo Komenich | F-C | 28 | 6:07 | 220 | Wyoming’42 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 41 | .634 | 76 | 10.9 | |
Howie Schultz | C | 26 | 6:07 | 200 | Hamline’45 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 52 | .731 | 64 | 9.1 | |
Frank Brian | G | 25 | 6:01 | 180 | LSU’47 | 7 | 26 | 27 | 32 | .844 | 79 | 11.3 | |
Boag Johnson | G | 27 | 5:11 | 170 | Huntington(In)’47 | 7 | 34 | 18 | 23 | .783 | 86 | 12.3 | |
Bill Closs | F-C | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Rice’43 | 7 | 25 | 35 | 47 | .745 | 85 | 12.1 | |
John Hargis | G-F | 28 | 6:02 | 180 | Texas’47 | 7 | 22 | 28 | 43 | .651 | 72 | 10.3 | |
Frank Gates | G | 28 | 6:00 | 165 | Sam Houston’41 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 31 | 4.4 | |
Dillard Crocker | F | 23 | 6:04 | 205 | W. Michigan’48 | fr Detroit | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 13 | 2.2 |
Bud Mendenhall | G | 23 | 5:10 | 155 | Indiana/Rice’45 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 9 | 1.3 |
On December 17, 1948, the New York Rens were awarded the defunct Detroit franchise.
Played home games in Dayton, Ohio. Also played some home games at Tiffany High School in Springfield, Ohio.
DAYTON RENS | NBL | 14-26 | POP GATES | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
George Crowe | F-C | 27 | 6:02 | 210 | Indiana Central’43 | 40 | 164 | 109 | 159 | .686 | 437 | 10.9 | |
Jim Usry | F-C | 26 | 6:03 | 210 | Lincoln(Pa)’46 | 36 | 129 | 71 | 134 | .530 | 329 | 9.1 | |
Hank DeZonie | C-F | 26 | 6:06 | 215 | Clark(Ga)’42 | Illness | 18 | 90 | 44 | 59 | .746 | 224 | 12.4 |
Pop Gates | G-F | 31 | 6:02 | 205 | Clark(Ga)’39 | 40 | 161 | 126 | 220 | .573 | 448 | 11.2 | |
Sonny Wood | G | 25 | 5:11 | 195 | None | 40 | 105 | 56 | 98 | .571 | 266 | 6.7 | |
Tom Sealy | G | 27 | 6:02 | 190 | None | 40 | 100 | 60 | 92 | .652 | 260 | 6.5 | |
Willie Smith | C | 37 | 6:06 | 230 | None | 32 | 45 | 37 | 49 | .755 | 127 | 4.0 | |
Johnny Isaacs | G | 33 | 6:03 | 190 | None | 8 | 18 | 22 | 34 | .647 | 58 | 7.3 | |
Rookie Brown | F-C | 23 | 6:04 | 190 | None | 10 | 19 | 10 | 20 | .500 | 48 | 4.8 | |
Longie Powell | F-C | 6:05 | None | 6 | 11 | 8 | 13 | .615 | 30 | 5.0 | |||
Leroy Pryor | F-G | 25 | 6:03 | 180 | DePaul’46 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 3 | .000 | 12 | 1.2 | |
Dolly King | F | 31 | 6:04 | 220 | LIU’40 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | .000 | 11 | 11.0 | |
Len Ford | C-F | 22 | 6:04 | 230 | Morgan St/Michigan’48 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | .250 | 6 | 1.0 | |
Vic Krafft | G | 29 | 6:03 | 195 | Woodrew Wilson JC | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6 | 2.0 | |
Bill Farrow | C | 30 | 6:04 | 200 | Kentucky State’40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1.000 | 5 | 1.7 | |
Eddie Wollen | F | None | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the Auditorium Arena in Denver, Colorado – Seating capacity – 5,000
DENVER NUGGETS | NBL | 18-44 | RALPH BISHOP | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Moe Udall | F | 26 | 6:05 | 190 | Arizona’48 | 57 | 125 | 121 | 171 | .708 | 371 | 6.5 | |
Hal Hutcheson | F-G | 28 | 6:05 | 190 | Marysville State’41 | 59 | 106 | 53 | 78 | .679 | 265 | 4.5 | |
Ace Gruenig | C | 35 | 6:08 | 230 | None | 49 | 194 | 170 | 260 | .654 | 558 | 11.4 | |
Al Guokas | G-F | 23 | 6:05 | 200 | St.Joseph’s(Pa)’48 | 60 | 146 | 81 | 129 | .628 | 373 | 6.2 | |
Jim Darden | G | 26 | 6:01 | 170 | Wyoming’43 | 57 | 197 | 193 | 259 | .745 | 587 | 10.3 | |
Ward Gibson | F-C | 27 | 6:05 | 210 | Creighton’47 | to Tri- Cities | 42 | 214 | 16 | 261 | .061 | 444 | 10.6 |
Jack Cotton | C-F | 24 | 6:07 | 205 | Wyoming | 57 | 71 | 67 | 121 | .554 | 209 | 3.7 | |
Len Alterman | G | 26 | 6:02 | 180 | Denver’48 | 50 | 67 | 62 | 100 | .620 | 196 | 3.9 | |
Gene Lalley | G | 26 | 5:09 | 160 | Creighton’48 | 60 | 77 | 27 | 70 | .386 | 181 | 3.0 | |
Guy Mitchell | F-G | 24 | 6:03 | 190 | Platsburgh St (Ks)’48 | 57 | 67 | 37 | 75 | .493 | 171 | 3.0 | |
Bob Doll | F | 29 | 6:05 | 195 | Colorado’42 | to Boston BAA | 9 | 15 | 13 | 28 | .464 | 43 | 4.8 |
Kayo Wnorowski | G | 27 | 6:00 | 210 | Siena’43 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 8 | .375 | 31 | 1.6 | |
Ralph Bishop | F | 33 | 6:04 | 190 | Washington’36 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 22 | 1.8 |
Detroit ceased operation on December 17, 1948. Franchise was awarded to New York Rens.
Played home games games at the Holy Redeemer Church Gym in Detroit – Seating capacity – 300
Also played some home games at the Dearborn High School Gym in Dearborn, MIchigan – Seating capacity – 1,000
DETROIT VAGABOND KINGS | NBL | 2-17 | DEL LORANGER | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Ben Schadler | F | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Northwestern’47 | to Waterloo | 13 | 58 | 20 | 28 | .714 | 136 | 10.5 |
Dillard Crocker | F | 23 | 6:04 | 205 | W. Michigan’48 | fr FTWBAA/toAnd | 8 | 31 | 27 | 38 | .711 | 89 | 11.1 |
Dave Latter | C-F | 26 | 6:05 | 210 | None | 13 | 26 | 38 | 66 | .576 | 90 | 6.9 | |
John Sebastian | G | 27 | 6:01 | 190 | S. Illinois’47 | to Hammond | 19 | 86 | 62 | 101 | .614 | 234 | 12.3 |
Ollie Shoaff | G | 25 | 5:10 | 165 | S. Illinois’48 | to Hammond | 19 | 108 | 44 | 59 | .746 | 260 | 13.7 |
Hal DeVoll | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 200 | Lawrance Tech’47 | to Hammond | 18 | 46 | 22 | 32 | .688 | 114 | 6.3 |
Del Loranger | F-G | 28 | 6:03 | 180 | Western Michigan’44 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 35 | .686 | 64 | 4.0 | |
Art Bakeraitis | F-C | 23 | 6:04 | 210 | Bay City (Mi)JC | 13 | 18 | 24 | 37 | .649 | 60 | 4.6 | |
Tony Kaseta | C | 25 | 6:08 | 220 | None | 17 | 16 | 20 | 32 | .625 | 52 | 3.1 | |
Doyle Cofer | F | 24 | 6:03 | 185 | Indiana State’46 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 23 | .391 | 27 | 3.4 | |
Fred Campbell | G | 28 | 5:11 | 175 | S. Illinois’41 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 18 | 1.8 | |
Dick Shrider | G | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Ohio U’48 | to New York BAA | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | .500 | 9 | 3.0 |
Paul Juntunen | G | 27 | 6:01 | 180 | Wayne State (Mi)’42 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8 | 2.0 |
Played home games at the Hammond Civic Center in Hammond, Indiana – Seating capacity – 4,500
HAMMOND CALUMET BUCCANEERS | NBL | 21-41 | BOB CARPENTER | 11-16 | |||||||||||
GEORGE SOBEK | 10-25 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Stan Patrick | F-G | 26 | 6:03 | 215 | Illinois’44 | 61 | 150 | 127 | 192 | .661 | 427 | 7.0 | |||
Jake Carter | F-C | 24 | 6:05 | 195 | East Texas St’48 | 62 | 133 | 188 | 267 | .704 | 454 | 7.3 | |||
George Glamack | C | 29 | 6:08 | 245 | N.Carolina St’41 | fr IndianapolisBAA | 43 | 169 | 163 | 216 | .755 | 501 | 11.7 | ||
George Sobek | G-F | 28 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’42 | 57 | 154 | 232 | 322 | .720 | 540 | 9.5 | |||
Bobby McDermott | G-F | 34 | 5:11 | 185 | None | fr Tri Cities | 18 | 56 | 37 | 51 | .725 | 149 | 8.3 | ||
Clint Wager | C | 28 | 6:06 | 230 | St.Mary’s(Mn)’45 | 61 | 120 | 82 | 146 | .562 | 322 | 5.3 | |||
John Sebastian | G | 27 | 6:01 | 185 | S. Illinois’47 | fr Detroit | 42 | 99 | 64 | 105 | .610 | 262 | 6.2 | ||
Ollie Shoaff | G | 25 | 5:10 | 165 | S. Illinois’48 | fr Detroit | 42 | 103 | 49 | 66 | .742 | 255 | 6.1 | ||
Bob Carpenter | F | 31 | 6:05 | 200 | E. Texas State’40 | to Oshkosh | 23 | 87 | 67 | 91 | .736 | 241 | 10.5 | ||
Joe Camic | F | 26 | 6:05 | 200 | Duquesne’47 | fr Tri Cities | 31 | 71 | 60 | 97 | .619 | 202 | 6.5 | ||
Bobby Holm | G | 29 | 6:00 | 210 | Seton Hall’42 | 18 | 38 | 28 | 34 | .824 | 104 | 5.8 | |||
Carl Loyd | G | 23 | 6:00 | 170 | Notre Dame’47/Olivet’48 | 29 | 43 | 11 | 23 | .478 | 97 | 3.3 | |||
Jack Maddox | F | 27 | 6:03 | 190 | West Texas St’42 | to Indianaplois BAA | 17 | 39 | 18 | 29 | .621 | 96 | 5.6 | ||
Ken Campbell | F | 22 | 6:04 | 200 | Kentucky’48 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 18 | .667 | 70 | 5.0 | |||
Lenny Radar | G | 27 | 6:02 | 185 | LIU’42 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 34 | .676 | 53 | 3.8 | |||
Hal DeVoll | F | 25 | 6:05 | 200 | Lawrance Tech’47 | fr Detroit | 9 | 4 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 11 | 1.2 | ||
Aubrey Davis | G-F | 27 | 6:02 | 175 | East Central St’42 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 9 | 1.1 | |||
Ted Cook | G | 27 | Tennessee’47 | fr Sheboygan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 1 | 0.2 | ||||
Art Grove | G | 25 | 6:00 | 175 | Toledo’43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
0-2 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | ||
Stan Patrick | F-G | 26 | 6:03 | 215 | Illinois’44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .500 | 5 | 2.5 | |||
Jake Carter | F-C | 24 | 6:05 | 195 | East Texas St’48 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 13 | .385 | 19 | 9.5 | |||
George Glamack | C | 29 | 6:08 | 245 | N.Carolina St’41 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 8 | .625 | 15 | 7.5 | |||
George Sobek | G-F | 28 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’42 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 9 | 4.5 | |||
Bobby McDermott | G-F | 34 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 19 | 9.5 | |||
Ollie Shoaff | G | 25 | 5:10 | 165 | S. Illinois’48 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 20 | 10.0 | |||
Joe Camic | F | 26 | 6:05 | 200 | Duquesne’47 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1.000 | 19 | 9.5 | |||
John Sebastian | G | 27 | 6:01 | 185 | S. Illinois’47 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 15 | 7.5 | |||
Clint Wager | C | 28 | 6:06 | 230 | St.Mary’s(Mn)’45 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | .429 | 9 | 4.5 | |||
Lenny Radar | G | 27 | 6:02 | 185 | LIU’42 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .000 | 5 | 5.0 |
Played home games at the Recreation Gym in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
OSHKOSH All-STARS | NBL | 37-27 | LON DARLING | 34-26 | |||||||||||
GENE ENGLUND | & | ||||||||||||||
EDDIE RISKA | 3-1 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
Marshall Hawkins | F | 24 | 6;03 | 205 | Tennessee’48 | 64 | 200 | 116 | 160 | .725 | 516 | 8.1 | |||
Bob Carpenter | F | 31 | 6:05 | 200 | E. Texas State’40 | fr Hammond | 24 | 73 | 64 | 89 | .719 | 210 | 8.8 | ||
Gene Englund | C-F | 31 | 6:05 | 205 | Wisconsin’41 | 63 | 284 | 282 | 393 | .718 | 850 | 13.5 | |||
Jack Burmaster | G | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’48 | 64 | 140 | 80 | 128 | .625 | 360 | 5.6 | |||
Gene Berce | G | 22 | 5:11 | 175 | Marquette’48 | 58 | 120 | 101 | 153 | .660 | 341 | 5.9 | |||
Floyd Volker | F-C | 26 | 6:04 | 205 | Wyoming’47 | 64 | 166 | 78 | 134 | .582 | 410 | 6.4 | |||
Alex Hannum | C | 25 | 6;07 | 210 | USC’47 | 64 | 126 | 113 | 191 | .592 | 365 | 5.7 | |||
Glen Selbo | G-F | 22 | 6:03 | 195 | Wisconsin’47 | 60 | 119 | 77 | 114 | .675 | 315 | 5.3 | |||
Walt Lautenbach | G | 26 | 6:02 | 190 | Wisconsin’47 | 61 | 104 | 26 | 45 | .578 | 234 | 3.8 | |||
Eddie Riska | G | 29 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’41 | 42 | 42 | 61 | 93 | .656 | 145 | 3.5 | |||
Ed Dancker | C | 34 | 6:07 | 210 | None | 13 | 16 | 7 | 21 | .333 | 39 | 3.0 | |||
Bill Brown | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Maryland’48 | to Waterloo | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | .588 | 36 | 3.6 | ||
Bob Mulvihill | G | 24 | 6:01 | 185 | Fordham’48 | 34 | 8 | 14 | 24 | .583 | 30 | 0.9 | |||
Ed Mills | C | 26 | 6:08 | 225 | Wisconsin’48 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 12 | .583 | 23 | 2.9 | |||
Leroy Edwards | C | 34 | 6:04 | 225 | Kentucky’35 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 20 | .400 | 22 | 2.2 | |||
3-4 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
Marshall Hawkins | F | 24 | 6;03 | 205 | Tennessee’48 | 7 | 25 | 20 | 26 | .769 | 70 | 10.0 | |||
Bob Carpenter | F | 31 | 6:05 | 200 | E. Texas State’40 | fr Hammond | 7 | 25 | 30 | 42 | .714 | 80 | 11.4 | ||
Gene Englund | C-F | 31 | 6:05 | 205 | Wisconsin’41 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 37 | .838 | 95 | 13.6 | |||
Jack Burmaster | G | 22 | 6:03 | 190 | Illinois’48 | 7 | 14 | 16 | 24 | .667 | 44 | 6.3 | |||
Gene Berce | G | 22 | 5:11 | 175 | Wisconsin’48 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 39 | .821 | 48 | 6.9 | |||
Floyd Volker | F-C | 26 | 6:04 | 205 | Wyoming’47 | 7 | 22 | 9 | 17 | .529 | 53 | 7.6 | |||
Alex Hannum | C | 25 | 6;07 | 210 | USC’47 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 26 | .615 | 40 | 5.7 | |||
Walt Lautenbach | G | 26 | 6:02 | 190 | Wisconsin’47 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 15 | .400 | 30 | 4.3 | |||
Leroy Edwards | C | 34 | 6:04 | 225 | Kentucky’35 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | .455 | 19 | 3.2 | |||
Bob Mulvihill | G | 24 | 6:01 | 185 | Fordham’48 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0.0 |
Played home games at the Municiapl Auditorium in Sheboygan , Wisconsin – Aeating capacity – 3,500
SHEBOYGAN RED SKINS | NBL | 35-29 | KENNY SUESENS | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Mike Todorovich | F | 25 | 6;05 | 230 | NotreDame/Wyoming’47 | 60 | 239 | 170 | 281 | .605 | 648 | 10.8 | |
Bob Brannum | F-C | 23 | 6:06 | 215 | Kentucky/Michigan State’48 | 64 | 169 | 169 | 261 | .648 | 507 | 7.9 | |
Noble Jorgensen | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Westminister/Iowa’47 | 63 | 218 | 194 | 255 | .761 | 630 | 10.0 | |
Danny Wagner | G | 26 | 6:00 | 170 | Texas’47 | 62 | 111 | 109 | 146 | .747 | 331 | 5.3 | |
Bobby Cook | G | 25 | 5:10 | 155 | Wisconsin’48 | 64 | 172 | 98 | 136 | .721 | 442 | 6.9 | |
Paul Cloyd | F-G | 28 | 6:01 | 170 | Wisconsin | 56 | 119 | 98 | 137 | .715 | 336 | 6.0 | |
Bob Bolyard | G | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | Toledo’43 | 64 | 98 | 112 | 150 | .747 | 308 | 4.8 | |
Milt Schoon | C | 26 | 6:09 | 230 | Valapariso’46 | 57 | 81 | 109 | 184 | .592 | 271 | 4.8 | |
Boody Gilbertson | G-F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Washington’47 | 64 | 87 | 74 | 115 | .643 | 248 | 3.9 | |
Max Morris | F | 23 | 6:02 | 195 | Illinois /Northwestern’46 | 41 | 70 | 68 | 104 | .654 | 208 | 5.1 | |
Kenny Suesens | G | 32 | 6:01 | 185 | Iowa’38 | 26 | 3 | 10 | 18 | .556 | 16 | 0.6 | |
Les Deaton | C-F | 25 | 6:04 | 210 | Simpson(Ia)’47 | to Waterloo | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | .600 | 13 | 2.2 |
Ted Cook | G | 27 | Tennessee’47 | to Hammond | 4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 6 | 1.5 | ||
Jack Watkins | G | 25 | 6:02 | 180 | Oklahoma’47 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | .750 | 5 | 0.7 | |
0-2 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Paul Cloyd | F-G | 28 | 6:01 | 170 | Wisconsin | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 8 | 4.0 | |
Bob Brannum | F-C | 23 | 6:06 | 215 | Kentucky/Michigan State’48 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 16 | 8.0 | |
Noble Jorgensen | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Westminister/Iowa’47 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 8 | .875 | 29 | 14.5 | |
Danny Wagner | G | 26 | 6:00 | 170 | Texas’47 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 7 | 3.5 | |
Bobby Cook | G | 25 | 5:10 | 155 | Wisconsin’48 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 19 | 9.5 | |
Max Morris | F | 23 | 6:02 | 195 | Illinois /Northwestern’46 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | .667 | 10 | 5.0 | |
Bob Bolyard | G | 28 | 6:00 | 185 | Toledo’43 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | .833 | 9 | 4.5 | |
Boody Gilbertson | G-F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Washington’47 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 7 | 3.5 | |
Milt Schoon | C | 26 | 6:09 | 230 | Valapariso’46 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 6 | 3.0 |
Played home games at the New York State Fairgrounds Coliseum in Syracuse, New York – Seating capacity – 7,500
SYRACUSE NATIONALS | NBL | 40-23 | AL CERVI | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | TRANSACTIONS | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG |
Johnny Macknowski | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 185 | Seton Hall’48 | 62 | 146 | 128 | 178 | .719 | 420 | 6.8 | |
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 20 | 6:07 | 205 | NYU’48 | 63 | 271 | 267 | 370 | .722 | 809 | 12.8 | |
Ed Peterson | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Cornell’48 | 63 | 165 | 104 | 177 | .588 | 434 | 6.9 | |
Al Cervi | G | 31 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 57 | 204 | 287 | 382 | .751 | 695 | 12.2 | |
Billy Gabor | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Syracuse’48 | 58 | 115 | 125 | 169 | .740 | 355 | 6.1 | |
Jim Homer | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 59 | 141 | 104 | 164 | .634 | 386 | 6.5 | |
Paul Seymour | G-F | 20 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | 63 | 120 | 70 | 106 | .660 | 310 | 4.9 | |
Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 30 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | Suspended | 45 | 67 | 106 | 150 | .707 | 240 | 5.3 |
Hank O’Keefe | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | RPI’45/ Canisius’48 | 56 | 94 | 52 | 90 | .578 | 240 | 4.3 | |
John Chaney | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 59 | 82 | 59 | 88 | .670 | 223 | 3.8 | |
Bob Calihan | F | 30 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | 11 | 28 | 13 | 21 | .619 | 69 | 6.3 | |
Paul Yesawich | F | 25 | 6:02 | 190 | Niagara’48 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | .800 | 8 | 1.6 | |
3-3 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||
GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||||||
Bob Calihan | F | 30 | 6:03 | 200 | Detroit’40 | 6 | 21 | 17 | 23 | .739 | 59 | 9.8 | |
Dolph Schayes | F-C | 20 | 6:07 | 205 | NYU’48 | 6 | 27 | 32 | 41 | .780 | 86 | 14.3 | |
Ed Peterson | C | 23 | 6:09 | 230 | Cornell’48 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 28 | .571 | 44 | 7.3 | |
Al Cervi | G | 31 | 5:11 | 185 | None | 6 | 12 | 22 | 30 | .733 | 46 | 7.7 | |
Billy Gabor | G | 26 | 5:11 | 170 | Syracuse’48 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 15 | .800 | 36 | 6.0 | |
Paul Seymour | G-F | 20 | 6:02 | 180 | Toledo’46 | 6 | 21 | 9 | 10 | .900 | 51 | 8.5 | |
Jerry Rizzo | G-F | 30 | 5:08 | 150 | Fordham’40 | 6 | 13 | 18 | 22 | .818 | 44 | 7.3 | |
Jim Homer | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 220 | Alabama’47 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 14 | .429 | 32 | 5.3 | |
John Chaney | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 8 | .750 | 32 | 5.3 | |
Johnny Macknowski | F-G | 25 | 6:01 | 185 | Seton Hall’48 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 9 | .778 | 13 | 2.2 | |
Hank O’Keefe | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | RPI’45/ Canisius’48 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 6 | 1.2 |
Played home games at the Wheaton Fieldhouse in Moline, Illinois – Seating capacity – 6,000
TRI-CITIES BLACKHAWKS | NBL | 36-28 | BOBBY McDERMOTT | 25-20 | |||||||||||
ROGER POTTER | 11-8 | ||||||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
Ward Gibson | F | 27 | 6:05 | 210 | Creighton’47 | fr Denver | 20 | 77 | 47 | 73 | .644 | 201 | 10.1 | ||
Don Ray | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | W. Kentucky’48 | Injured | 46 | 123 | 80 | 117 | .684 | 326 | 7.1 | ||
Don Otten | C | 27 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 64 | 301 | 297 | 424 | .700 | 899 | 14.0 | |||
Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 64 | 247 | 147 | 226 | .650 | 641 | 10.0 | |||
Billy Hassett | G | 27 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | 64 | 125 | 106 | 156 | .679 | 356 | 5.6 | |||
Bobby McDermott | G | 34 | 5:11 | 185 | None | to Hammond | 45 | 170 | 84 | 113 | .743 | 424 | 9.4 | ||
Luther Harris | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 63 | 118 | 102 | 152 | .671 | 338 | 5.4 | |||
George Ratkovicz | C-F | 24 | 6:07 | 225 | None | 64 | 109 | 106 | 175 | .606 | 324 | 5.1 | |||
Dee Gibson | G-F | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | W. Kentucky’48 | 64 | 94 | 113 | 177 | .638 | 301 | 4.7 | |||
Murray Wier | G | 22 | 5:09 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 60 | 80 | 79 | 113 | .699 | 239 | 4.0 | |||
Joe Camic | F-C | 26 | 6:05 | 210 | Duquesne’47 | to Hammond | 31 | 32 | 27 | 47 | .574 | 91 | 2.9 | ||
Bobby Lowther | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | LSU’48 | fr Waterloo | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 | .500 | 18 | 1.2 | ||
Shag Hawkins | F | 27 | 6:04 | 225 | Auburn’42 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 5 | 2.5 | |||
Ed Lewinski | F | 28 | 6:03 | 190 | LSU’43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 2 | 0.7 | |||
3-3 | PLAYOFFS | ||||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |||
Ward Gibson | F | 27 | 6:05 | 210 | Creighton’47 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 9 | .667 | 24 | 4.0 | |||
Don Ray | F-C | 27 | 6:06 | 200 | W. Kentucky’48 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 21 | .810 | 49 | 8.2 | |||
Don Otten | C | 27 | 7:00 | 245 | Bowling Green’46 | 6 | 24 | 43 | 55 | .782 | 91 | 15.2 | |||
Whitey Von Nieda | G-F | 26 | 6:01 | 175 | Penn State’43 | 6 | 20 | 13 | 24 | .542 | 53 | 8.8 | |||
Billy Hassett | G | 27 | 6:00 | 180 | Notre Dame’46 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 21 | .810 | 39 | 7.8 | |||
Dee Gibson | G-F | 25 | 5:11 | 175 | W. Kentucky’48 | 6 | 19 | 19 | 30 | .633 | 57 | 9.5 | |||
George Ratkovicz | C-F | 24 | 6:07 | 225 | None | 6 | 11 | 16 | 22 | .727 | 38 | 6.3 | |||
Murray Wier | G | 22 | 5:09 | 155 | Iowa’48 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 13 | .692 | 35 | 5.8 | |||
Luther Harris | F | 25 | 6:03 | 195 | None | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | .400 | 8 | 1.3 | |||
Bobby Lowther | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | LSU’48 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.000 | 4 | 1.0 |
Played home games at the Dairy Cattle Congress Hippodrome in Waterloo, Iowa – Seating capacity – 8,000
WATERLOO HAWKS | NBL | 30-32 | CHARLIE SHIPP | ||||||||||
REGULAR SEASON | |||||||||||||
PLAYER | POS | AGE | HGT | WGT | COLLEGE | GA | FGM | FTM | FTA | PCT. | PTS | AVG | |
Ben Schadler | F | 24 | 6:02 | 185 | Northwestern’47 | fr Detroit | 40 | 92 | 38 | 61 | .623 | 222 | 5.6 |
Dick Mehen | F-C | 26 | 6:06 | 195 | Tennessee’47 | 62 | 315 | 211 | 304 | .694 | 841 | 13.6 | |
Harry Boykoff | C | 26 | 6:10 | 235 | St.John’s(NY)’47 | 61 | 293 | 191 | 265 | .721 | 777 | 12.7 | |
Rollie Seltz | G | 24 | 5:10 | 170 | Hamline’46 | 62 | 188 | 127 | 174 | .730 | 503 | 8.1 | |
Leo Kubiak | G | 22 | 5:11 | 170 | Bowling Green’48 | 62 | 177 | 108 | 142 | .761 | 462 | 7.5 | |
Charlie Shipp | G-F | 35 | 6:01 | 205 | None | 56 | 104 | 59 | 90 | .656 | 267 | 4.8 | |
Dale Hamilton | G-F | 29 | 6:00 | 195 | Franklin(In) | 62 | 78 | 94 | 179 | .525 | 250 | 4.0 | |
Bill Brown | F | 26 | 6:03 | 205 | Maryland’48 | fr Oshkosh | 43 | 41 | 31 | 48 | .646 | 113 | 2.6 |
Elmer Gainer | C-F | 29 | 6:06 | 200 | DePaul’41 | 36 | 33 | 30 | 39 | .769 | 96 | 2.7 | |
Les Deaton | C-F | 25 | 6:04 | 210 | Simpson(Ia)’47 | fr Sheboygan | 26 | 18 | 19 | 33 | .576 | 55 | 2.1 |
Bobby Lowther | F-C | 25 | 6:05 | 190 | LSU’48 | to Tri Cities | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | .714 | 27 | 3.0 |
Ray Ellefson | C | 26 | 6:08 | 230 | Oklahoma A&M’48 | fr MinneapolisBAA | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | .727 | 16 | 2.3 |
Jack Spencer | F | 25 | 6:03 | 160 | Iowa’48 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1.000 | 16 | 1.5 | |
Gordon Flick | F | 27 | 6:03 | 200 | Drake’48 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 4 | 2.0 | |
Dave Wareham | G | 24 | 6:01 | 185 | Loras’48 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .333 | 3 | 0.8 |